Most locksmiths are upstanding members of the community who will happily help you out of a bind. There are the minority who will attempt to take advantage of your desperation, though. These are the ones you need to watch out for. To properly equip you with the tools necessary to spot a scam, here are a few of the common tactics these dishonest cheats will use.

ID Badges are often seen as something of a nuisance and none of us likes having to wear them when we go to visit a business or visit factories and stores as customers. It’s easy to think of ID badges as being a bit ‘Big Brother’ and of their enforcers as being jobsworths, but to do so is to miss the point of the ID badge and to overlook what makes them so important and so powerful. Here we will look at some of the benefits of ID badges, and particularly at what makes them so useful from a security … Continue reading Why ID Badges Are Fantastic For Business Security

If you have the kind of money that lets you seriously consider investments, you immediately become a target. Even if your potential investment capital is small, there are plenty of folks out there who’d like to take it from you, and there are a lot of ways it can happen.

If you’ve got what feels like it might be a deceptive offer, don’t ignore your instincts (unless you’re dying to see an investment fraud attorney). No matter what title the other party is using – investment broker, financial adviser, analyst, or any other legitimate title – they could be … Continue reading Avoid Investment Fraud, Because It’s Coming After You

For many people, renting a house is a great way to live. There are no large deposits to pay, no hassle of buying and selling, and minimal commitment. If you move around a lot it is the only option. However, there are a few bad property rental agents out there who spoil it for the good ones, and sadly it is easy to get scammed by them as they always have new tricks up their sleeves.

Aristotle was one. So was Cyrus the Great Saint Nicholas Alexander Hamilton, Herbert Hoover and J.R.R. Tolkien. Even Marilyn Monroe, John Lennon and Steve Jobs were members of this special group of individuals: they were all orphans. Orphans have often appeared in literature. Tom Sawyer lived with Aunt Polly, Batman and Robin became crime-fighters as a way of avenging the death of their parents, Harry Potter is an orphan, and so is Tarzan. My own first meeting with an orphan was by way of the character Pip in Great Expectations.

Albert Talton is undoubtedly one of the most successful counterfeiters in the US history. He printed and passed over seven million dollars in counterfeit currency, all of it made with standard PC printers.

The DIY Guy

What is, perhaps, the most interesting thing about his career is that he started with no experience as a counterfeiter. He developed his own method of counterfeiting with no help or instruction from anyone else. We can learn a lot from this kind of do-it-yourself attitude.